Shoe for sad-irons.



G. H. BURK.

SHOE FOR SAD IRONS.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 23, 1909.

969,335, Patented Sept. 6, 191

CHARLES H. BURK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

SHOE FOR SAD-IRONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1910.

Application filed October 23, 1909. Serial No. 524,265. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. BURK, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes for Sad-Irons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a novel construction in a shoe for sad-irons, the object being to provide a device of this character which is adapted to be kept always on the ironing board and receive successive hot irons of either the double or single pointed varieties, and consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Figs. 4 and 5 are fragmentary detail horizontal sections on the lines H and 55 respectively, of Fig. 3 showing the shape in cross-section of the end posts of the device.

My present invention has for its object to provide a shoe for sad-irons made of a single piece of relatively thin sheet metal of such shape as to enable it to receive either the ordinary flat heel type or the double pointed or canoe shape sad-irons, said shoe serving to provide an ironing surface which is always clean and smooth, and which is further equipped with means for securing the sad-iron therein so constructed as to insure the requisite strength and durability.

My said shoe comprises the body portion A having parallel side edges B converging at one end and meeting in a point C, the said body portion terminating at its other end in a straight edge D disposed, at right angles to the side edges B and provided midway between the latter with a V-shaped extension E. The said body portion is equipped with an integral edge flange F completely surrounding the same and which at the point C and the free end of the extension E is extended upwardly to form end posts G and H respectively which are of greater width at their bases than at their free end portions, the said posts being V- shaped in plan section except at their extreme free ends. The extreme free end of the post H is flat and is equipped with side projections forming inverted hooks I which are adapted to receive and engage the free ends of springs J coiled between their ends as at K and pivotally secured at their other ends to the free end of the post G, the said coils K bearing upon the upper face of the contained sad-iron and serving to support the shoe thereon in such manner as to maintain the body portion thereof in close 0011- tact with the lower face of the said sad-iron. The V-shaped form of the posts renders the latter relatively stiff and prevents them from being easily bent or distorted.

I claim as my invention:

1. A shoe for sad-irons, comprising a plane body-portion having parallel side edges converging at one end and meeting in a point, the rear edge of said body-portion being disposed transversely to said side edges, said body-portion being equipped with a substantially V-shapeol extension midway between the ends of said rear edge, an edge flange integral with said bodyportion completely surrounding the latter, said edge flange being equipped with vertical extensions at the extreme ends of said body-portion, said extensions constituting standards, and yielding supporting means disposed in engaging relation to said standards and the contained sad-iron to support said shoe on the latter.

2. A shoe for sad-irons, comprising a plane body-portion having parallel side edges converging at one end and meeting in a point, the rear edge of said body-portion being disposed transversely to said side edges, said body-portion being equipped with a substantially V-shaped extension midway between the ends of said rear edge, an edge flange integral with said body-portion completely surrounding the latter, said edge flange being equipped with vertical extensions at the extreme ends of said body-portion, said extensions constituting standards, name in the presence of two subscribing Witand belng V-shaped in plan section, and nesses. yielding supporting means disposed 1n engaging relation to said standards and the CHARLES BURK' 5 contained sad-iron to support said shoe on VV'itnesses:

the latter. RUDOLPH WM. Lo'rz In testimony whereof I have signed my M. M. BOYLE. V 

